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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER ACTION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,920,917
Total expenses
$4,867,673
Contributions and grants received
$4,824,341
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$96,576
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,554,582
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,479,133
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,075,449
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,698,640
Management and general expenses
$90,325
Fundraising expenses
$78,708
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,698,640

Program services were 96.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,824,341

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $96,576 · excluded $96,576

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $824,857 · program services $760,306 · management and general $19,727 · fundraising $44,824

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,095,764 · program services $1,076,152 · fundraising $19,612

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $59,736 · program services $58,822 · fundraising $914

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $168,763 · program services $164,934 · fundraising $3,829

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $130,608 · program services $125,010 · management and general $1,187 · fundraising $4,411

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,029 · management and general $21,029

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,289,973 · program services $1,289,049 · fundraising $924

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $30,178 · program services $30,078 · fundraising $100

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $452 · management and general $450 · fundraising $2

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,345 · program services $7,755 · fundraising $590

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,858 · program services $9,596 · fundraising $262

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,496 · management and general $20,496

  • 24a · Other expenses: OVERHEAD REIMBURSEMENT

    total $1,159,558 · program services $1,159,558

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $44,898 · program services $15,757 · management and general $27,436 · fundraising $1,705

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,788 · program services $1,253 · fundraising $1,535

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPORT DESIGN & PRINT

    total $370 · program services $370

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,510,447 · end of year $3,650,158

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,862,791 · end of year $1,959,367

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,221,673 · end of year $939,456

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,144 · end of year $5,601

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $16,930 · end of year $84,312

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $574,920 · end of year $1,394,821

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,477,203 · end of year $4,240,244

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,545,002 · end of year $835,205

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ADVANCE BIPARTISAN POLICY SOLUTIONS THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND SEE THEM ENACTED INTO LAW.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE POLICY PRINCIPLES DEVELOPED BY THE BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER.

  • THE BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER ACTION (BPCA) ADVOCATES FOR BIPARTISAN POLICIES AND PROVIDES STRATEGIC UNDERSTANDING TO BPC. OFTEN, BPCA PROVIDES DOCUMENTATION AND ANSWERS TO POLICY MAKERS' INQUIRIES ABOUT TECHNICAL AND POLICY ISSUES.

    Expenses $4,698,640

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michele Stockwell

    PRESIDENT, BPCA

    Total calculated
    $471,827
    From this org
    $385,457
    From related orgs
    $20,287
    Other
    $66,083
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $375,957 + $19,787 related
    Bonus
    $9,500 + $500 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,497 + $1,552 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,282 + $1,752 related
    Filer's total
    $448,236 + $23,591 related
  • Candi Wolff

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ralph Cavanagh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Neil Chatterjee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edda Collins Coleman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimberly Olson Dorgan

    DIRECTOR - UNTIL 12/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Hirschberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katherine Lugar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Madden

    DIRECTOR - UNTIL 12/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Manny Ortiz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Parker Poling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Hall

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $310,734
    From this org
    $219,666
    From related orgs
    $38,765
    Other
    $52,303
    Hours/week
    34 + 6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,291 + $37,640 related
    Bonus
    $6,375 + $1,125 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,478 + $3,437 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,980 + $4,408 related
    Filer's total
    $264,124 + $46,610 related
  • William Hoagland

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $371,083
    From this org
    $84,703
    From related orgs
    $254,108
    Other
    $32,272
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $84,703 + $254,108 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,607 + $22,822 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $461 + $1,382 related
    Filer's total
    $92,771 + $278,312 related
  • Elena Muehlenbeck

    CFO AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $394,540
    From this org
    $16,952
    From related orgs
    $322,095
    Other
    $55,493
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $16,952 + $322,095 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,519 + $28,858 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,256 + $23,860 related
    Filer's total
    $19,727 + $374,813 related
  • Michael J Kelley

    DIRECTOR BPCA

    Total calculated
    $258,352
    From this org
    $206,004
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,348
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,004
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,395
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,953
    Filer's total
    $258,352
  • Kimberly Dean

    DIRECTOR BPCA

    Total calculated
    $270,070
    From this org
    $219,966
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,104
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,966
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,402
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,702
    Filer's total
    $270,070
  • Andrew Hu

    DIRECTOR BPCA

    Total calculated
    $159,007
    From this org
    $119,332
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,675
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,332
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,864
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,811
    Filer's total
    $159,007
  • Lori J Pickford

    DIRECTOR BPCA

    Total calculated
    $215,621
    From this org
    $172,391
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,230
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,391
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,050
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,180
    Filer's total
    $215,621
  • Geoffrey Lane

    DIRECTOR BPCA

    Total calculated
    $159,034
    From this org
    $148,725
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,309
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,725
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,166
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,143
    Filer's total
    $159,034

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
BPCA DOES NOT DIRECTLY HIRE OR COMPENSATE EMPLOYEES. ALL EMPLOYEES ARE EMPLOYEES OF BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER, INC. (BPC), A RELATED ORGANIZATION UNDER 501(C)(3). BPCA HAS A COMMON PAYMASTER AGREEMENT WITH BPC. TO DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION OF BPCA'S OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES, BPC REVIEWS INDEPENDENT SURVEY DATA LOOKING AT OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OF SIMILAR SIZE AND GROSS REVENUE. IN ADDITION, FOR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE IN A POSITION TO EXERCISE A SUBSTANTIAL INFLUENCE OVER THE AFFAIRS OF BPCA WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 4958 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, BPCA'S SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM REVIEWS THE SALARIES OF ALL EMPLOYEES AND NEW HIRES, ADJUSTING AMOUNTS AS NECESSARY BASED ON THE MOST RECENTLY AVAILABLE BENCHMARK DATA.
PART I, LINE 7
BONUSES FOR MICHELE STOCKWELL, LAURA HALL AND LORI PICKFORD WERE PERFORMANCE BASED.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503109349302465

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